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We need a full story on this wonderful, uplifting for-profit social enterprise fighting to end energy poverty. From Waka Waka's website: WakaWaka ('Shine Bright' in Swahili) develops, manufactures and markets high-tech, low-cost solar powered lamps and chargers that are indispensable products both in the developing world and in the West.

This looks like a goldmine for AIM2Flourish story ideas!
http://www.goethe.de/ins/cz/prj/fup/enindex.htm
From their website:
The world is in need of ideas for a better, more sustainable future, but ideas are not enough. FUTUREPERFECT, an international and multilingual internet platform, tells the stories of individuals, initiatives, organizations, and businesses that have moved from ideas to action. In implementing new practices and reinvigorating old ones, these cooperatives, companies or communities are actively working towards a better future in the present. Their focus is not on economic growth but on sustainable prosperity. They move beyond searching for the best technology, instead asking for better ways of life.

In Cambodia, much of the population is iron deficient. This preventable condition can lead to anemia, weakness, impaired cognitive ability, compromised physical development in children, and increased risk of illness. It can even lead to death. The "Lucky Iron Fish" is used in cooking to prevent iron deficiency.

In Cambodia, much of the population is iron deficient. This preventable condition can lead to anemia, weakness, impaired cognitive ability, compromised physical development in children, and increased risk of illness. It can even lead to death. The "Lucky Iron Fish" is used in cooking to prevent iron deficiency.